Review of turf-cutting derogations soughtFRIENDS OF the Irish Environment (FIE) has warned that it will seek a judicial review of any Government decision to continue …Tue Jul 28 2009 - 01:00
Trinity seeks permission to convert former bank into pubTRINITY COLLEGE Dublin has sought planning permission to convert the ground floor and basement of the former AIB bank in Foster…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Irish 'well informed' on global warmingIRISH PEOPLE have become more aware about climate change in the last year, with two-thirds now telling EU surveyors that they…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Planning should serve society, says new IPI chiefPLANNING EXISTS to serve the common good and not landowners or property developers, according to Gerry Sheeran, the new president…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
New consultations on planned Sligo runwaySLIGO COUNTY Council has opened a fresh round of public consultations on plans by Sligo North West Airport Company to extend …Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Environmentalists angry at perceived failureWHAT BARACK Obama hailed as a “historic consensus” on climate change at this week’s G8 summit in Italy has been greeted with …Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Irish architects maintain their winning touchThings may be grim on the home front but the international profile of Irish architecture has never been higherSat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Kilkenny support for route decisionTHE STATE-SPONSORED Heritage Council and Kilkenny Archaeological Society have both given a qualified welcome to An Bord Pleanála…Fri Jul 10 2009 - 01:00
An Bord Pleanála rejects Dunleer schemesAN TAISCE has won its third successive appeal against decisions by Louth County Council to grant permission for residential-led…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
RTÉ request to have 31-acre site rezoned seen as valuation exerciseRTÉ’S REQUEST to Dublin City Council to have its 31-acre site in Donnybrook rezoned for mixed-use development, including offices…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
Metro rail delay as board seeks new detailsAN BORD Pleanála is now unlikely to make a decision on the Dublin Metro North project until early next year following its request…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
World must act over 'peril' facing humanityWORLD LEADERS must act decisively to address “the greatest peril to humanity this century”, according to a new report by Oxfam…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Metro faces new delay over planning queriesTHE TIMETABLE for Metro North has been thrown into further doubt by An Bord Pleanála’s decision to request detailed additional…Fri Jul 03 2009 - 01:00
Waste firms warn council on incinerationDUBLIN CITY Council has been accused of altering the terms of waste collection permits with the aim of directing household and…Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Court upholds order to overturn rezoning decision in AdareTHE HIGH Court has upheld Limerick county manager Ned Gleeson’s order overturning a decision made by county councillors last …Tue Jun 30 2009 - 01:00
Dealing with climate change a 'defining issue' for the EUDEALING WITH climate change “cannot be put on the back burner” because of the economic recession, according to European Commission…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
EU says tackling climate change will cost global economy €400bn a yearTACKLING CLIMATE change will cost the global economy €400 billion a year, half of it in developing countries that would need …Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Recession should enable 30% emissions cut - WWFTHE GLOBAL recession will make it easier than anyone thought even a year ago for the European Union to achieve a 30 per cent …Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
Cuckoos caught out as global warming confounds natureSWALLOWS ARE arriving in Ireland earlier each year but cuckoos are so confused by climate change that they are now turning up…Thu Jun 25 2009 - 01:00
Energy plan to set 'clear and unambiguous' targetsTHE GOVERNMENT’S National Energy Efficiency Plan, laying down “clear and unambiguous targets” for all sectors of the economy …Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Gormley move on waste could threaten incinerator viabilityA PROPOSED directive on waste management by Minister for the Environment John Gormley could undermine the economic viability …Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Environmental exchanges sign landmark dealTHE CREATION of the world’s biggest carbon offset exchange has come a step closer after the NYSE’s BlueNext and the China-Beijing…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
RIAI unveils 35 projects shortlisted for Irish Architecture AwardsBuilding blocks of success: Thomond Park and Wexford Opera House on shortlistWed Jun 17 2009 - 01:00
Climate expert to lead An TaisceIRELAND’S LEADING expert on climate change, Prof John Sweeney of NUI Maynooth, has been chosen as the new president of An Taisce…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Indonesia's failure to protect rain forests criticisedINDONESIAN PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been strongly criticised by Greenpeace for his government’s failure to halt…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
World Bank loan withdrawn from Brazilian cattle corporationTHE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), private lending arm of the World Bank, has withdrawn a $90 million (€57 million) …Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Major shift in US climate policy sparks hope for global treatyTHE UNITED States is no longer insisting that China and other large developing countries must make cuts in their greenhouse gas…Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
The fall of the mighty developersTOP 1000/CONSTRUCTION: THE ENTIRE landscape of Ireland’s construction industry has changed utterly over the past 18 months. …Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Activists sound the alarm on climate failureDELEGATES ARRIVING for the second last day of UN climate change talks here yesterday were greeted by the deafening sound of a…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Japan accused of obstructing progressJAPAN HAS been accused of “walking away” from the global goal of averting dangerous climate change by offering yesterday to cut…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Climate change causing 'environmental migrants'THE MALDIVES now has a “safe islands” programme covering 25 per cent of its 196 low-lying islands in the Indian Ocean and is …Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Airlines offer revised proposals to cut emissionsA GROUP of airlines – including Air France and British Airways, but not Aer Lingus – has put forward a revised version of proposals…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Progress slow but sure at talks on climate changeARCTIC SUMMER sea ice is probably melting faster than the glacial pace of climate talks in Bonn this week, but those involved…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
US journalists have an almost exclusively local focus and rarely address global issues such as climate changeENVIRONMENT: TAKE A BUNCH of US and European environmental journalists, put them up in a former royal hunting lodge in Sweden…Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Treasury revises plan for Battersea power station siteTREASURY HOLDINGS-led Real Estate Opportunities (REO) has unveiled a revised master plan for the Battersea power station site…Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Gormley to limit amounts of waste for incinerationMINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley plans to issue a policy directive to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and …Fri Jun 05 2009 - 01:00
Government slims down policy on architectureDRAFT POLICY: THE GOVERNMENT has adopted a slimmed-down new policy on architecture – with the number of proposed actions reduced…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Architects may complain to Brussels over design contestTHE ROYAL Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) is considering a formal complaint to the European Commission over rules…Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Ireland's ecological breaches high, says De RossaENVIRONMENTAL RECORD: DESPITE HAVING just 1 per cent of the European Union’s population, Ireland accounts for 6 per cent of …Tue Jun 02 2009 - 01:00
Call to speed up installation of Irish wind power projectsIRELAND IS facing a “serious bottleneck” in meeting ambitious renewable energy targets for 2020 and needs to accelerate the delivery…Mon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
New offices for State agencies to cost €60mTHE OFFICE of Public Works (OPW) expects to spend €60 million this year on “decentralised” office buildings in several locations…Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Government urged to tax property and landTHE GOVERNMENT is being urged to adopt a new property tax based on site values, covering all commercial, industrial and domestic…Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Sweden's green approachSweden wants to solve its major environmental problems so that the next generation doesn’t have to – just don’t panic when the…Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
Developer critical of zero-carbon housing strategyMINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley’s drive towards zero-carbon housing “will set us all running in the wrong direction…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Planning head urges key role for assets bodyTHE PROPOSED National Assets Management Agency (Nama) needs to be part of a different future for Irish planning, compared to …Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Hanover Quay architect presented with awardARCHITECT JAMES Pike, who has been in practice for more than 40 years, was presented last night with Ireland’s premier housing…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Applications for social housing up 30% since 2005THE NUMBER of people in need of social housing has climbed by more than 30 per cent since 2005, with 1,000 new applications for…Tue Apr 28 2009 - 01:00
Dubliners used to 'life in the trenches'DUBLINERS HAVE “got used to the trenches and life in the trenches”, according to Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
'No scope for wasting public resources' on zonings, says 2009 BillTHE 2009 Planning Amendment Bill, due to be published shortly, is to make it clear there will be “no scope for wasting public…Sat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Metro key part of Dublin's economic future - RyanMINISTER FOR Communications Eamon Ryan has strongly defended plans to build Metro North, describing the proposed €5 billion project…Fri Apr 24 2009 - 01:00
